Clive Barnett ruminates on the ways we might chart through ‘old books’ the making of human geography, and its particular concern for space not as a residual but as a central concern to social science: Originally posted on Pop Theory: It’s sad, I know, but one of my favourite places is the Bookbarn, in Somerset on… Continue reading A history of geography through books
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Call for participants— Spaces of Attunement: Life, Matter & the Dance of Encounters
Venue: Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University, UK Date: March 30th & March 31st, 2015 Organisers: Julian Brigstocke (Cardiff University) & Tehseen Noorani (Johns Hopkins University) Plenary speakers: Ben Anderson (Reader in Human Geography, Durham University); Deborah Dixon (Professor of Geography, Glasgow University); Kevin Hetherington (Dean of Social Sciences, The Open University); Mara Miele (Reader in Human… Continue reading Call for participants— Spaces of Attunement: Life, Matter & the Dance of Encounters
YouTube Geography
Clive Barnett points to the International Geographical Union’s YouTube channel, which has some interviews with significant figures in anglophone geography from the last 50 years.
Agenda for the HPGRG AGM at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2014
Annual General Meeting 2014 13:10 to 14:25, Thursday 28 August 2014 COUNCIL ROOM, RGS-IBG Agenda Apologies (Richard Powell) Minutes of 2013 AGM HPGRG Sessions for 2014 (Heike Jöns and Isla Forsyth) HPGRG Research Group Guests for 2014 (Heike Jöns) HPGRG Accounts (Sam Kinsley) HPGRG Dissertation Prize (Pauline Couper; Mathilde Leduc-Grimaldi; Heike Jöns) HPGRG Website (Thomas… Continue reading Agenda for the HPGRG AGM at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2014
HPGRG AGM at the RGS-IBG annual conference 2014
The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group Annual General Meeting 2014 will be held at 13.10-14.25 (Plenary/Lunch session), on Thursday 28 August in the RGS-IBG Council Room, as part of the RGS-IBG annual conference. Any Committee Member or normal member of the Research Group (or any other interested person) who is not registered to attend the conference but… Continue reading HPGRG AGM at the RGS-IBG annual conference 2014
HPGRG Dissertation Prize winners 2012 and 2013
The HPGRG committee are pleased to announce the winners of the annual dissertation prize. Due to various issues, we are announcing both the 2012 and 2013 prizes. In 2012 we awarded two first prizes: Emily Foulger (University of Nottingham) “A Woman’s Eye: Isabella Bird Bishop’s travels in the RGS-IBG archives” Matthew Jones (University of Oxford)… Continue reading HPGRG Dissertation Prize winners 2012 and 2013
Conference awards 2013
as a research group of the RGS-IBG, the remit of the HPGRG includes supporting postgraduate members to attend the RGS-IBG annual conference. This year we are pleased to support two postgraduate researchers giving papers at the annual conference with a bursary of £50. Chay Brooks from the University of Cambridge is giving a paper entitled… Continue reading Conference awards 2013
‘Geography and its publics’ at iCHSTM 2013, sponsored by the HPGRG
The HPGRG are pleased to publicise the ‘Geography and its publics‘ strand at the 2013 International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine to be held in Manchester between 21 and 28 of July 2013. The ‘Geography and its publics‘ strand is made up of six sessions, between the 24th and 25th July, with a broad… Continue reading ‘Geography and its publics’ at iCHSTM 2013, sponsored by the HPGRG
HPGRG-sponsored RGS-IBG conference sessions for 2013
The HPGRG are pleased to announce the conference sessions sponsored at this year’s RGS-IBG annual international conference. The variety amongst the nine sessions is a great indication of the fascinating work being presently conducted in geography.
Call for Sessions: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2013
The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) invites suggestions for 12 sponsored sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2013 in London from 28th to 30th August 2013. The conference will focus on “New geographical frontiers” and be chaired by Professor Jonathan Rigg (Durham University). We welcome suggestions for sessions across our remit,… Continue reading Call for Sessions: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2013